Belal al Sabbagh and Youssef Hassouna, in Gaza, and Luckenson Jean, in Haiti, have been nominated for the prestigious Rory Peck Award, which has been given to the best freelance journalists since 1995. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony in London on 28 November.

The Inter-American Press Association has announced the winners of its Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

AFP's multimedia documentary, "Nothing is Impossible: The Odyssey of a Migrant from Venezuela to the United States" won in the "Claudio Paolillo" category for Migration Journalism.

AFP photographer Philip Fong and freelancer Bertha Wang were awarded "Merit of Excellence" achievements by the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association's annual competition earlier this month.

The Hong Kong-based association was established in 1989, today represents more than 100 photographers working across the city and beyond.

The documentary project Inside Gaza, co-produced by FACTSTORY and AFP, was awarded the ‘Best Global Issues Pitch’ at the 35th Sunny Side of the Doc Festival in La Rochelle on 25 June.

The project also received the special AJD Industry Days Award, which includes 2 accreditations to attend the third edition of the Al Jazeera Documentary (AJD) Industry Days, scheduled from 14 to 16 September 2024, in Sarajevo.

AFP received two Honourable Mentions at the prestigious Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards for its reporting on the mass exodus of Afghans from Pakistan and the arrival of desperate Rohingya refugees in Indonesia.

AFP photographer Adem Altan is finalist in the Breaking News Photography category.